Francisco Monteiro
From Unearthing The Music
Francisco Monteiro is a Portuguese pianist, composer, teacher, researcher.
Biography
Francisco Monteiro began his piano studies as a pupil of Maria Helena Aguiar and Helena Costa in Oporto, and later enrolled in Oporto's Music Conservatory where he graduated from the Piano course with honours. He studied analysis and composition with Cândido Lima, Álvaro Salazar (Porto) and Gottfried Scholtz (Vienna – Austria), conducting with Jean-Claude Hartemann and piano interpretation with Marie-Françoise Bucquet (Paris).
He holds a degree with Vienna’s Musik University - (concert Diplom, class of Noel Flores) - a M.A. in Musicology with the University of Coimbra, (supervisor: Gerard Doderer) - and a Ph.D in 20th-century music with the University of Sheffield – (supervisors: George Nicholson and Peter Hill).
His activity as a pianist includes solo and chamber presentations; he’s mainly devoted to contemporary music of the 20th century and to Portuguese music. He appeared as a pianist in "Oficina Musical", "Música Nova", "Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa" and directing the group "Síntese". Francisco Monteiro took part in Festivals in Italy, Colombia, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia and performed recitals in France, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Croatia and the U.K. He recorded several CDs, among them "Exposed on the cliffs of the heart" with the solo piano music of Terry Winter Owens, and "Clotilde Rosa Piano Works" together with Anne Kaasa.
Francisco Monteiro also plays and makes arrangements for Tango band "La Ideal", with presentations in Portugal, Spain, Germany and Italy. He maintains a regular activity as a composer since 2001 with pieces for different chamber formations. Francisco Monteiro is a Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto - Portugal (School of Education). He's a senior researcher in INET - MD,. He coordinated a research project dedicated to the Critical Edition of Jorge Peixinho's Chamber Music, a project funded until 2013 by F.C.T. He's now dedicated to Artistic Research and Music Creation (performance, improvisation, composition, sound, drama and visual objects creation).
Contributions
References
- INET - MD - Biography (In Portuguese, English version available)